AAEM Position Statement on Funding for EMTALA Requirements

Emergency Medicine is experiencing a crisis in overcrowding and inadequate
funding,

Emergency departments are more than ever before expected to act as
the front line for medical services in the event of regional or national
disasters,

It is the position of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine that:

The federal regulation (EMTALA, 1986) requiring screening and treatment
for medical emergencies must also be federally funded to provide emergency
resources for those patients who do not pay for their mandated care.